Hear Mick Taylor’s swan song, Grace Ives’s exuberant crushing and a foundational hip-hop sample.

There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with a long-awaited comeback. You want it to be good. You need it to be good. And the longer the absence, the...

During a special edition of “Popcast,” the singer discussed her new album and the public fallout from a series of lawsuits. Then she performed a stripped-down...

On this triple-track edition of the “Popcast” Song of the Week, our critic Jon Caramanica unpacks the themes of Drake’s latest era.

Olivia Rodrigo’s orchestral angst, Charli XCX’s fashion crisis and Vince Staples’s frustrated sing-rap.

Travel cake, telegrams and a possibly addictive word game.

Style is everything. Bowie constantly reinvented himself, Creeper burned their stage costumes after their album tour, and The Black Parade is as much about...

Politics isn’t supposed to influence the international song contest, but some people wanted relationships between countries to hold more sway in this year’s...

Mental health problems are confusing. The sorrow can be consuming. Maybe voices are vying for your attention, they don’t seem to agree. Anger and sadness...